The Obama Portraits / / Kim Sajet, Taína Caragol, Dorothy Moss, Richard Powell.

A richly illustrated celebration of the paintings of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama From the moment of their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in early 2018, the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have become two of the most beloved artworks of our time. Kehinde Wi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Art and Architecture eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (152 p.) :; 76 color illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Unveiling the Unconventional: Kehinde Wiley’s Portrait of Barack Obama
  • “Radical Empathy”: Amy Sherald’s Portrait of Michelle Obama
  • The Obama Portraits, in Art History and Beyond
  • The Obama Portraits and the National Portrait Gallery as a Site of Secular Pilgrimage
  • The Presentation of the Obama Portraits: A Transcript of the Unveiling Ceremony
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Credits